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April 09 2007 By virtueonline Primates To Decide Fate of TEC After Sept. 30, Says Williams

"This left me fearful for our future in the Communion," wrote Bennison in a letter to his diocese. "On the other hand, his statement that he did not know when a decision would be made reassured me that no one is rushing to judgment or desirous to dismiss us."

Bennison said these demands were hanging in the air when the Boksburg conference convened, and seemed to hang over everything that went on at the conference.

April 07 2007 By virtueonline LOS ANGELES: Bishop Bruno Attacks Orthodox Episcopalians and Archbishop Williams

Like the former Presiding Bishop, Frank Griswold, Bruno also blames the Internet in part for the divisions in the Episcopal Church. At Mrs. Schori's consecration, he said: "The sad fact is that the Internet primarily 'jacks' people up, gets them upset." It hasn't occurred to him that it is precisely the Internet (read VOL) that won't, any longer, allow him to get away with lies, spin and false teachings.

April 03 2007 By virtueonline Wanted: A 'Safe Place' For Orthodox Episcopalians

In 300 years of American Episcopal Church history, there has never been a single sign outside an Episcopal Church in the U.S. reading; "Gays not Welcome...go join the Metropolitan Community Church." You never will see one. When an Episcopal Church announces it is an "inclusive" or "rainbow church," what it is actually saying is that this parish will tolerate non-celibate homosexual relationships which is contrary to Holy Scripture, The Prayer Book, tradition and history.

March 29 2007 By virtueonline PENNSYLVANIA: Bishop Bennison Could Face Ecclesiastical Court Trial

On Friday, March 2, 2007, the members of the Standing Committee and those who had filed the complaint against Bishop Bennison had a meeting with David Beers, Chancellor to the Presiding Bishop, and his assistant, Mary E. Kostel, and Michael F. Rehill, Special Counsel to the Standing Committee, and his assistant Pamela L. Lutz.

March 29 2007 By virtueonline TEC: Liberal Bishops Spin HoB Resolutions

With these words, The Rev. Sam Candler, the ultra-liberal Dean of St. Philip the flagship cathedral in Atlanta, makes the clearest statement on the trajectory of The Episcopal Church (TEC). Though not a bishop, this statement may well earn him a miter at some future date in a liberal, perhaps even a conservative diocese, where consents for an orthodox bishop are unlikely to be obtained by an overwhelming majority of liberal diocesan standing committees.

March 28 2007 By virtueonline Orthodox Bishops See Resolutions Damaging to TEC's Future In Anglican Communion

Beckwith continued, "It tells you where they are, and I'm not there. I think it's clear the Episcopal Church has departed from the Christian faith as its been received and we're making it up as we go along, and we're not going to change,"

He called TEC "a province that's embracing heresy and apostasy."

Beckwith said the resolutions don't change anything for Springfield. "We are an orthodox diocese and we're going to continue in that direction."

March 27 2007 By virtueonline 'When They Came For Me There Was No One Left To Speak Out'

Just as Niemoller became one of the founders of the Confessing Church which opposed the nazification of German Protestant churches, we are seeing today in the U.S., with the homosexualization of The Episcopal Church, the rise of confessing churches that stand in opposition to the pansexual (LGBT) agenda that is ripping and tearing at the fabric of a once proud denomination.

March 26 2007 By virtueonline COLORADO: Grace Church & St. Stephen's Parish Leaves Episcopal Church

A 40 day process of discernment is planned for the congregation to fully understand the ramifications of this decision. At the end of this period parish members will be given the opportunity to affirm the new ecclesial relationship with the Church of Nigeria, said the Rev. Don Armstrong in a phone call to VOL. He assumed control of the parish today after a 90-day inhibition imposed by Bishop Rob O'Neill.

March 22 2007 By virtueonline OKLAHOMA: Retired Bishop May Face Trial For Crossing Diocesan Boundaries

Two revisionist bishops, Dean Wolfe of Kansas and Robert Moody of Oklahoma, who felt threatened by the bishops actions, sent presentment charges in the summer of 2005 to the then Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold with documents alleging Cox had committed canonical violations.

March 22 2007 By virtueonline TEC: House of Bishops Rejects Primates' Ultimatum

The House of Bishops also declined to enter into any pastoral initiative designed by the primates to care for congregations and dioceses who, for reasons of conscience, cannot accept the episcopal ministry of their bishop or primate. QED.

The HOB slapped the faces of orthodox priests saying "the number of those who seek to divide our Church is small," and then concluded with an upbeat report saying "our Church is marked by encouraging signs of life and hope."

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